[Anfanuts]

I'm actually not going to keep the gasket. I'm sending it to the Alfa Museum at Arese to thank them for all the support those opportunistic b*s#*r&s have provided us over the past 15 years. They can take the 8C and its hype and stuff it high and hard. Like I said in an 8C post, I'll believe they are serious when they put a load of spare parts in the trunks and shipping containers of the 8C's coming over.

I found some great gasket material for the heater-to-cowling joint at Re-Originals today. Nice when you can browse. Matt is a really good dude. He has so much we do not know about and can find much of the rest. I've got him working on our defunct '69 4-way flasher relays now. I'll post the details of the gasket workaround after I form it up and start reassembling tomorrow. Thanks for the heads-up on the heater positioning; I'll remove the cowling cover and feel my way around to make sure it is centered. Note that when I look up at the underside of the baffle which is over the heater (under the cowling grating) - which is a master Zen Yogi position - I noted the underside has only a pi** coat of paint and had a nice fine rust bloom. I'll be figuring a way to mitigate that tomorrow. Since the baffle is welded in, it should be fun. Yea, this job is fun and so rewarding - for a heater in Texas . . . . Thanks for the moral support. Many others are inquiring about heater rehab. Perhaps you can start a rehab clinic for wayward heaters. I've developed a checklist for this project and will post when I'm done and it is proofed. Regards, Bruce